WillyBilly

Finally, after 50 years of rattle cans, I am taking a dive into airbrushing. Look for stupid airbrush questions real soon. No, really. I have no clue what I am doing.

Wow. That is incredible.

Great build. I love the details.

Great build. I remember those kits. I think I had the Motorcraft kit. It was the only way to get a 85/86 nosed fox body. I love that you were able to get the decals to work.

I have to make a decision. Spend $30 bucks on what I need to make the car look like a 68 or call it good with the modifications I have already performed. I think the only thing that will give it away will be the grill shape, and I think I can live with that.

Great looking Z56. I have followed this from near the beginning, and I have to say the work to turn the tail gate to barn doors is outstanding.

Thank you As for the side markers, only the rear I promise, and it will be round.

I have purchased a couple Duster bench seats from Hearts Parts with good results. I will have to look at purchasing the 68 conversion. They show the Van seats being available separately now

After I built a fresh from Hurst L023 Hemi Dart, I thought about building a sister 1968 B029 Hemi Barracuda. Problem was I could not find a 1968 Barracuda. Just 1969s. So not really knowing the few differences between the two years I started gathering parts. I sourced a Hemi from another Revell Dart, and steel wheels from Fireball. As I found the MPC kit is not very well made or designed. Detail is lacking, but I was bound and determined to make it work. I did some research and discovered three differences. The grill, a hump on the hood, and front valance and the taillights. One thing I found interesting was the outer trim pieces for a 68 taillight was included in the kit. With a little Dremel finesse, I was able to incorporate the 68 pieces to the 69 taillight assembly on each end. I was able to sand most of the hump out of the hood, and front valance. The grill will have to do. The Dart was painted with Rustoleum grey primer, and satin black for the gelcoat fiberglass panels. I will do the same here. The only difference will be this will be an automatic car. The seats were cut from the center console and swapped from one side to the other to hide the opening, and the seat incline was corrected to be more upright. Here is a few pics of what I have corrected to this point minus the seats.

I love it!

That is awesome. Right hand drive conversion is really cool.

Try asking this guy. His rooster tail/dust seems realistic I love the work. I really like the fact the driver is looking in the direction the wheels are pointed as it should be.

I am a little late to the party, but I have to say that is awesome. I love WRC, and your diorama captures it perfectly.

Yes they do. I had to correct both for that reason. I am not sure where the dual axle idea came from, but it is somewhat easily corrected.

Finally built an incorrect hauler for the Monte. A 72 Chevy Wedge to go with a 72 Monte Carlo. And both made by MPC. They are both now under glass. A story that started in 1974 is finally finished to enjoy looking at in 2025.

Just finished tonight. I only built it because I had spare decals to make it work. Not what really hauled Coo Coo Marlin's race car, but it would have been cool if it did. Ready to go under glass. They were made for each other. Even the box art. Here race car build a couple years ago.

You were right on the decals. Found a set of Yesterday's Decals.

Calling it done.

Completing my rally, Trio. These were the cars over the years I was impressed with in the WRC. There are more, but these were/are my favorites. Today the Renault R Turbo showed up.

Getting closer. Finished the cab and installed it. I just have wheels, chrome and decals left.

Just Testors.

Too bad. Custom Squads made some great stuff, and Rosa was very nice and helpful with getting my order together. I am glad I got some of their Caprice/impala stuff and decals.

I take the point of an X-acto knife and scrape a small line in the paint trying to make a shallow pocket and expose bare plastic for the part to rest where I want to attach a part. I allow the glue to touch the part to essentially get a film of glue on the part. Then with a headset, and tweezers, I attach the part on the area I scratched off holding it until it sets. Usually about 5 to 10 seconds. I have had good luck with this method. The trick is to use very little glue. You can use superglue too, but there is not time to position. I prefer model glue just to give you a little time. I scratched the paint on every single one of these models to get the part to stick. I had gotten sick of gluing it to the paint, only to have it fall off, or pop off when the wind blows.

GM - Canuck3d 2023

I decided to two tone the cab and paint the wheels gold. I also couldn't help but notice MPC wanted these two together from the start. The racer's Wedge, and Coo Coo Marling Monte Carlo were released aound the same time. I think the Wedge was 1971, and the Monte was 1972-1973.